Cybersecurity stocks rose on Friday in the wake of the massive digital theft of federal workers’ records.
Numerous security firms and cyber funds experienced market bumps a day after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that hackers had scooped up roughly 4 million employees’ data.

Security has become big business on Wall Street at hackers continue to crack the cyber defenses of retailers, banks and government agencies.

Gartner analysts project $77 billion will be spent on cybersecurity this year alone.